Newport County, Rhode Island: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 4 deaths in 4 fatal crashes in Newport County in 2024.

FARS records 30 deaths in 29 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 3.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Rhode Island in the same years is 5.6.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Newport County was number 4 of 5 counties of Rhode Island.

Deaths in Newport County fell by 53.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (64) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (30).

In the counties of Rhode Island the deaths fell by 14.0% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, a speeding-related driver was recorded in 31.0% of fatal crashes in Newport County and 44.0% in Rhode Island.

To qualify as a FARS case, the crash had to involve a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and must have resulted in the death of a motorist or a non-motorist within 30 days of the crash.
The set of first files, known as the Annual Report File (ARF), is released following the crash year. The ARF is replaced about a year later with a final file, which contains additional cases or updates to cases that had become available after the ARF was released.
NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on 1 Apr 2026. NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates

Figure 1.Deaths in Newport County by year, 2015 to 2024

1 or 2

Table 1 has the numbers. Go to the table

Since the last update: no figure of this county has a change on record.

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

Table 1.Newport County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	4	4	1 or 2
2023	4	4	0
2022	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2021	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2020	4	4	1 or 2
2019	4	4	1 or 2
2018	4	4	1 or 2
2017	3	1 or 2	0
2016	1 or 2	1 or 2	0
2015	1 or 2	1 or 2	0
2015 to 2024	30	29	8

Each year from 1975

Figure 2.Deaths in Newport County by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 20 (1978)2024: 4

The columns with a stronger shade are the years 2015 to 2024.

Table 2.Newport County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	4	4
2023	4	4
2022	1 or 2	1 or 2
2021	1 or 2	1 or 2
2020	4	4
2019	4	4
2018	4	4
2017	3	1 or 2
2016	1 or 2	1 or 2
2015	1 or 2	1 or 2
2014	5	5
2013	8	8
2012	9	9
2011	5	4
2010	1 or 2	1 or 2
2009	9	9
2008	4	4
2007	6	4
2006	8	8
2005	9	8
2004	6	5
2003	10	10
2002	7	7
2001	6	5
2000	4	4
1999	5	5
1998	6	6
1997	1 or 2	1 or 2
1996	4	4
1995	3	1 or 2
1994	6	6
1993	3	3
1992	1 or 2	1 or 2
1991	3	3
1990	7	5
1989	8	8
1988	11	11
1987	15	14
1986	18	17
1985	13	12
1984	9	9
1983	7	7
1982	7	7
1981	12	12
1980	13	12
1979	19	14
1978	20	16
1977	14	14
1976	9	8
1975	13	8

Note: a count of 1 or 2 is written "1 or 2". A death is in FARS when it occurs in 30 days or less after the crash.

Rate for each 100,000 residents

Table 3.Newport County beside Rhode Island and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Newport County	Rhode Island	United States
2024	4.8	4.7	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	3.6	5.6	11.8

Note: the rate divides the deaths in the county by its residents. Persons who do not live in the county are in the deaths, not in the residents.

Population: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Newport County had 83,357 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Newport County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Rhode Island
A driver recorded as drinkingof 29 fatal crashes	8	29 fatal crashes	27.6%	39.1%
A speeding-related driverof 29 fatal crashes	9	29 fatal crashes	31.0%	44.0%
No restraint usedof 15 occupant deaths with restraint use known	10	15 occupant deathswith restraint use known	66.7%	53.4%
Pedestriansof 30 deaths	5	30 deaths	16.7%	18.8%
Bicyclistsof 30 deaths	1 or 2	30 deaths	6.7%	2.7%
Motorcyclistsof 30 deaths	7	30 deaths	23.3%	19.1%
On a rural roadof 29 fatal crashes with the condition reported	1 or 2	29 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	6.9%	18.7%
In the darkof 29 fatal crashes with the condition reported	14	29 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	48.3%	50.7%

Note: FARS records a driver as drinking when police reported alcohol involvement or a test of the driver was positive for alcohol. It is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure, which uses a blood alcohol concentration of .08 g/dL or higher. One crash can be in two or more rows. NHTSA's definitions

Note that alcohol data is often missing. For that reason, this data element may under-count the actual number of drinking drivers.

NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Weekday, time and road class

Table 5.Newport County: fatal crashes by weekday and time of day, 2015 to 2024
Weekday	Midnight to 6 a.m.	6 a.m. to noon	Noon to 6 p.m.	6 p.m. to midnight	All
Sunday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	0	3
Monday	0	1 or 2	0	1 or 2	3
Tuesday	0	0	0	1 or 2	1 or 2
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	0	3	5
Thursday	1 or 2	0	3	0	4
Friday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	6
Saturday	3	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	6
All days	4	6	8	11	29

Note: a cell with a stronger shade has a larger count. The table has the fatal crashes with a known hour and weekday.

Table 6.Newport County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Rhode Island
Interstate	0	0.0%	16.9%
Other freeways and expressways	3	10.3%	8.5%
Other principal arterial	13	44.8%	35.2%
Minor arterial	5	17.2%	15.5%
Major collector	1 or 2	6.9%	6.9%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	1.1%
Local	6	20.7%	16.0%
Not reported	0	n/a	n/a

Note: the classes are those of the Federal Highway Administration. The shares are of the crashes with a reported class. Road function classes

Light condition and weather

Table 7.Newport County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	13
Dark, not lighted	4
Dark, lighted	8
Dawn	0
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Newport County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	24
Cloudy	1 or 2
Rain	1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

No signed route in Newport County has a page. A route page needs 20 or more fatal crashes in a state from 2015 to 2024. All routes in Rhode Island

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Newport County on the county map of Rhode Island

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 105 counties
10 to 14.90 counties
15 to 19.90 counties
20 to 29.90 counties
30 or more0 counties
Newport County: 3.6

The limits of the classes are the same for every state. A county with few residents can show a high rate from few deaths. A class is not a judgement of a county. The full map and the table of counties of Rhode Island

Table 9.Counties that share a boundary line with Newport County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bristol County	Massachusetts	35	429	7.5
Bristol County	Rhode Island	4	10	2.0
Kent County	Rhode Island	4	98	5.8
Washington County	Rhode Island	10	105	8.2

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of Rhode Island have a population nearest to that of Newport County. The list is for navigation and is in name order. The number is the deaths from 2015 to 2024.

Official channels

NHTSA Fatality and Injury Reporting System Tool (FIRST)NHTSA's query tool for FARS counts.
NHTSA FARS EncyclopediaNHTSA's tables of FARS data.
Governors Highway Safety Association: State Highway Safety OfficesThe list of the highway safety offices of the states.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Newport County, Rhode Island: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/ri/newport/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

The address of this page does not change.

Source of the figures

Counts: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, national files of 1975 to 2024. The factors use the vehicle and person files from 2015. Residents: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, vintage 2025. Map: Census Bureau cartographic boundary file, 2021 edition. Data to 31 Dec 2024. The figures are totals. No page of this site is about one crash or one person.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Newport in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 64 deaths in Newport County from 2005 to 2014. It records 30 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Newport in 2024?

The rate of Newport County in 2024 was 4.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Rhode Island was 4.7. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Newport had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 8 of 29 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. This count is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure. NHTSA says that alcohol data is often missing, so the count may be too low.

How many fatal crashes did FARS record on signed routes in Newport?

No signed route in the county has a page. A route page needs 20 or more fatal crashes in a state from 2015 to 2024. The county totals include crashes on all public roads.